Category: Miscellaneous

Workplace Culture Survey (Deadline 10 Aug 2026)

Call for Participants: What’s your workplace culture? Your experience, your voice.

EDICa’s running a survey of research & innovation workplaces – capturing data from technicians, researchers, PhD students, professional service, administrative, managerial, operational, and support staff. http://go.hw.ac.uk/workplace2026

What is your organisations commitment to equity? Do you feel support by your employer? How is the work/life balance? How is the physical environment of your lab and/or office space?

Our national survey — Working in UK Research: Your Experience, Your Voice takes around 5 minutes to complete. It’s fully anonymous, and the findings will be shared openly with policymakers, funders, and sector bodies to help drive real, evidence-based change.

We’re particularly keen to hear from researchers at all career stages from doctoral students to established researchers and from those working across all disciplines and types of organisation, not just universities.

⏳ Survey closes 10 August 2026 — please respond and share before then.

Research Survey on Generative AI

Research on “Assessing the development in policies for use of generative Ai tools in the ethical research process in the higher education of the UK”

The questionnaire takes approximately 10 minutes to complete, and all responses are completely anonymous. Participation is entirely voluntary, and the data will be used solely for academic research.

Access the Survey

Sexual Harassment Awareness e-training

Sexual harassment awareness e-training

As part of our commitment to ensuring a respectful and safe environment for work and study, an online sexual harassment awareness training course was introduced last summer for all staff, from all job families.

All new starters must complete this training within six months of joining Imperial.

As part of our commitment to preventing incidents of harassment and sexual misconduct, and to meet regulatory requirements from the Office for Students, we have created a webpage with resources which include:

  • Information about what harassment and sexual misconduct is
  • How to make a report and what happens when a report is made
  • Sexual misconduct policy for staff
  • Disciplinary procedures for staff and students
  • Resources for advice and support

Please familiarise yourself with the webpage on preventing harassment and sexual misconduct and share with staff as necessary, particularly those working with students.

Gave a talk? Get a DOI – Cassyni

Upload your conference or seminar recording to Cassyni and publish it as a citable video seminar — free for Imperial ECRs. Papers with a linked Cassyni seminar see more downloads and more citations.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/early-career-researcher-institute/networks-events-and-funds/events/cassyni-research-seminars/

Publish your talk: https://cassyni.com/publish/imperial-ecri?utm_source=imperial-ecri&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ecri-noticeboard

UK Parents & Carers – Help shape an Imperial MSc student project

A team of Imperial MSc Global Health Management students is developing a UK clinical companion app to help parents follow NHS and BSACI guidance for introducing common food allergens to babies during the weaning window.

We’re inviting UK parents and carers of children under 5 to share their experience to help shape the product. The survey is anonymous and takes 2-3 minutes. Closes Thursday 21 May.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdxFKPX-0B6nfN2pJSXHBI2MSyudZnHy4iRqqnove4i-2tVyw/viewform

Cancer Support Group – Open to All Imperial Staff

Cancer Support Group – Open to All Imperial Staff

Whether you’re facing cancer yourself or supporting someone who is, it can bring emotional, practical, and professional challenges. Come along for a supportive space to chat, share, and connect.

Join us to talk about…

  • Balancing work with cancer treatment
  • Supporting loved ones during and after treatment
  • Sharing experiences in a safe environment

This informal discussion space is a chance to listen, share, or ask questions, and as this is our first session, we’ll also use it to gauge interest in the direction, frequency and format of future meet ups.

When: 18 March 2026, 12-1pm
Where: Huxley 130

Facilitated by Dr Ioanna Papatsouma (Mathematics) and Lizzie Wright (Student Hub).

Coffee and tea will be available, and you’re welcome to bring your own lunch.

This initiative is funded by FoNS EDI Seed Fund and is open to all staff at Imperial. If you have any questions, please get in touch with Dr Ioanna Papatsouma (i.papatsouma@imperial.ac.uk) and Lizzie Wright(e.wright@imperial.ac.uk).

Register here: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=B3WJK4zudUWDC0-CZ8PTBwOFSDIqq7dNvB_SkPHpHbhUNTkwRFI2VTBJRVpIVTcyQ1haQkQ1RlZOVi4u

 

Access to Food Banks – Advice Service & Working-Class Network

Our Advice Service and Working-Class Network are working collaboratively to ensure all students at Imperial College experiencing short term financial hardship have access to food banks across the UK.

If you’re struggling to afford food, especially given the current cost of living crisis, you can now reach out to our Advice Service who will be able to issue an e-voucher for your local  The Trussell Trust food bank.

A typical food parcel may contain long life milk, pasta, tinned vegetables and fruit, tea or coffee, biscuits, and soup. If you cannot access your nearest food bank, delivery may be available although not guaranteed.

The Advice Service and Working-Class Network will also be able to signpost you to the relevant long term financial support services at Imperial College to help you get back on your feet. All requests are strictly confidential.

Please remember you are not alone and it’s okay to reach out for a bit of extra support – rising living costs are affecting students across the UK. We are here to ensure that you always have access to food and that you are not disadvantaged in your studies because of a lack of essentials.

How it works

  1. Fill out this form from the Advice Service
  2. The Advice service will send you an e-voucher
  3. You can pick up your parcel at your local Trussell Trust Food bank. You can find the locations here
  4. For further financial assistance, please reach out to Student Finance Support Team